Manure-loader.



J. H. LYON. MANUBB LOADER.

' APPLIOATIGN FILED JULY 21, 1908.

`Patented Aug.2, 1910.

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INVENTOR.

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J. H. LYON.

MANUBE LOADER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 21, 190s.

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Patented Aug. 2,

l Mu a Z Y IVTNESSES.-

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- Wheel 8 and a pair of front wheels 9, the

. machine advances wheels 9 will drive the i which is pivotally mounted at its 'upper end which the following isa specification.

vshovel is pivotally secured by pins 14 to the r Marions-Loenen.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patentes. Aug. 2, 1ero.

Application filed. July 21, 1908. Serial 110,444,658.

To all whom it may concern: ,l Y

Be it known that I, JOHN H. LYoNa citizen of the United States, residing atBaldwin, in the county of Douglas and State of Kansas, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Manure-Loaders, of

My invention relates to a portable wagon loader; and my principal object is to provide a machine for gathering manure and debrisin stock-yards and loading it into wagons.

The machine may also be used to advan-l tage in gathering loose dirt, stones, &c, and depositing the same in a pile, or loading it into a wagon. I

1n order that the invention may befully understood, reference will now-be made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 represents an irregular vertical longitudinal sectional Viewv of the invention on line L-I of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3. is an irregular horizonai Section Qn iin@ iiiiii Otrig. i. rig. 4 is a section on line lV-IV of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention 1 employ a frame consisting of a pair of diverging sills 1, transverse sills 2 connectingthe diverging sills a pair of postsl 3 secured to sills 1, braces 4 extending from sills 1 to the upper ends of posts 3, a centrally-disposed'longitudinal sill 5 connected to sills 2 and the diverging rear ends of sills 1, and a casting 6 also Secured to the diverging rear ends of the sills. The diverging rear ends of sills 1 are connected by bolts 7 y The frame is carried by a rear castershank of the caster-wheel being mounted in a bearing'lO integral with casting 6, while the front wheels 9 are mounted upon an axle- 11 withfwhich `theyhave customaryl pawl and ratchet connections, so that when the axle 11. 'Axle 11 'isjournaled in-bearings portions of sills 1 and 5.

18 designates the shovel whereby the material is gathered from the ground; Said forward upturned terminals of a derrick upon a' shaft 15 extending through the uppery ends of posts 3. Said derrick consists substantially of a triangular frame comprising a pair of forwardly-inclined members 16 i kn.

reinforced by braces 16a, a pair of rearwardly-inclined members 17 ,and a pair of` members 18 uniting the lower portions of. Amembers 16 17.`

nnirnn s'rAfrsEs n'rei I Eivfiff @FMC 19 designates a triangular-shaped dumping-lever mounted on shaft 15 between the 'upper endsof the derriokand connected at its forward upper end by a pair of rods 20 to a vpair of arms 21, extending upward-ly from the rear portion of shovel 14 and provided with braces 22 whereby they are further'secured to said shovel. VSaid braces also extend rearwardly and abut against ,the

` front side of the derrick to preventtlie forward end of the shovel from tipping upward and slidin overthe material. The

connected to casting 6 by a'tspring-and-rod connection consisting of a rod 23 connected at its upper end to the l'ever and provided vwith two slidably mounted washers 24 25, a

rod 26'exten'diiig through thewashers and casting 6, and provided -at its terminals with heads to prevent it from drawing through washer 24 and casting 6, and a spiral spring 'rear end of the umping-lever is yieldinglyI .27 embracing rods 23 26 andA secured atits f upper end to washer 24. 'Said spring-androd connection is normally held in the con-A tracted position, shown 1n Figs. l and 4,'-

by a trip-lever 28 pivotally mounted upon a pin 29 and adaptedrto engage the upper side of washer 25.

The derrick, together with the shovel, is Y .raised and lowered to the positions shown ,by dotted linesl and full lines Fig. 1, by a cable 30 and a drum 31, which latter is loosely mounted upon axle 11 and provided at its opposite sides with a clutch member 32 and a` ratchet-wheel'g'lbe drum 31A is adapted to be' locked upon the axle so as to rotate therewith when the machine is traveling forward, by 'a clutch member 34, which lis slidably mounted upon the axle, but `caused'to rotate vtherewith through the in- .termediacy of a feather 35. Clutch member ing upward from a cross-'piece 42- secured to of sills l and 5. The drum the rear portions the isprevented from rotating backward by ratchet-wheel 33 and a pawl 43, which latter is pivotally mounted upon ay pin 44 extending upward from a palr of lu-gs 45 secured to the forward cross sill 2. Pawl 43 may be drawn into and out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel by a lever 46 and a connecting-rod 47 secured at its ends to the pawl and the ratchet. I y' yLevers 19, 28, 38, and 46 are located near f the drivers seat 48 Vsecured upon a casting 49, and provided with a foot-rest 50. By thus locating the levers the driver may operate the shovel without leaving the seat.l

gldesignates an equalizer to which the draft animals are hitched, saidequalizer being pivotally secured to a clevis 52 secured to the cross-'piece 42.

The operation, briefly stated, is asfollows 2, When the -machine advances to load the shovel, clutch member Il34 is held out of engagement with clutch member 32. i When the shovel is filled and the machine4 a proaches a wagon, orfother'place where t e load is tobe dumped,'elutch member 34 is thrown into engagement with clutch member-32 so that the drum will be rotated to wind cable 18 thereon and lift the derrick to the dotted position shown in Fig. 1.

I VAfter the shovel has been raised to the dei sired height clutch member 34` is dise 4 gaged from clutch member 32 and the Shovel isdumped by disengaging trip-lever 28 from washer 25, so that said washer may move upward with rod 23 and permit the rear end of the dumping lever`19 to tip'upwardly as indicated by the arrow a, until the ywasher 25 contacts with the lower terminal ospring 27, which'performs the Afunction ofacushion in gradually checking the movement of the dumping lever. As the rear and of the dumping lever movesy upward, the shovel` swmgs downward 1n the d1rect1onof arrow Z), and thus discharges its load. The derrick and the shovel are now gradually u:lowered by backingl the machine, throwing clutch member 34 into engagement with clutch cable and thus gradually lowerthe derriclr.,l

Having thus described 'my invention, what I` claim i's:- I i I g,

1. In a machine of the character described, a wheeled-frame, an aXle journaled therein, a drum loosely-mounted upon said axle, means for locking said drum upon the axle, a .derrick .pivotally-mounted upon the Wheeled-frame, a cable connectin 'the drum andthe derrick, a shovel pivotalIy-mounted \at the forward end 0f the derrick, a dumping-lever fulcrumed lon the machine for controlling the pivotal movement of the shovel,M and a trip-lever for locking said dumping-lever in an inoperative position.

2. In a machine of the character described, 'i a wheeled-frame, a derrick pivotally-mounted thereon, means for raising and lowering said derrick, ashoyel ivotally-mounted at the forward end of saidderrick, arms` eX- tending upward from said shovel, means connected to said arms for dumping the shovel, and braces secured to the shovel and saidfarms and adapted to abut against the derriclr when the latter is in a lowered position.

. 3. In a machine of the character described,

a Wheeled frame'carrying a shaft, a derrick pivotally-mounted upon said shaft, a shovel pivotally-mounted at the forward-end ofto the dumping-lever and the shovel to hold J. H. LYoNl Witnesses F. G. FISCHER,

member 32, and disengaging pawl 43Afrom M. Cox. 

